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Katherine S. LeVeque

Katherine S. LeVeque, who owned the LeVeque Tower until 2011 and revived the Palace Theatre in
the late 1970s, died early Wednesday at her family home in Galena, Ohio. She was 87. Here is a look
back at her life from
The Dispatch archives.

File photoKatherine LeVeque rides an elephant named Misty through Columbus as a promo for Harry Blackstone's magic show at the Palace Theatre.Request to buy this photo

Doral Chenoweth III | DispatchBrass torchieres line the Grand Staircase in the Katherine S. LeVeque Lobby at the Palace Theatre in 2007.Request to buy this photo

Doral Chenoweth III | DispatchThe mural in the mezzanine level at the Palace Theatre was commissioned in 1987 by Katherine S. LeVeque.Request to buy this photo

Jeff Hinckley | DispatchColin LeVeque, right, looks at the name of his mother Katherine S. LeVeque after it was unveiled in the newly named lobby at the Palace Theatre in 1996.Request to buy this photo

Tom Dodge | DispatchJudith Brachman of the Ohio Department of Aging pins a boutonniere on Harold Sawyer as Katherine LeVeque watches. The Ohio Department of Aging inducted Sawyer and LeVeque into the Ohio Senior Citizen's Hall of Fame in 1996.Request to buy this photo

Tom Dodge | DispatchKatherine LeVeque was inducted into hall of fame by Ohio Dept. of Aging in 1996.Request to buy this photo